New superhero ‘Snackman’ revealed, as well as his snack

This Youtube video, showing a woman attacking a man allegedly on a New York subway train, has gone viral because of the incredible power of “Snackman,” a seemingly oblivious dude who passively scoots into the negative space between the two, looking like he’s daydreaming while casually munching on chips.

He’s been ID’d by NYULocal.com as Charles Sonder, who said it was about 9:30 p.m. and he was headed uptown, munching on Cheddar Pringles, to grab drinks with friends.

Typically I mind my own business on the train. In this case, I thought someone may have needed help. I would consider myself a helpful person as well as a bit of a “snacker.”

Are New Yorkers rude if they don’t break up a fight?

I don’t think it means that you are rude if you don’t break up a fight. I wouldn’t expect a little old lady to get in the middle of a scuffle. But I wasn’t afraid of these two combatants.

Like any good superhero, Charles Sonder — who the Internet dubbed “Snackman” — said he now has his own signal to beam over the city: a Bat-Symbol-like projection of the mustachioed man on Pringles can.

… “(Snackman)’s the hero New York deserves, but not the one it needs right now,” text at the bottom of the graphic Sonder said his friend Fahim Saleh posted to Facebook reads.

CNN says a security expert it spoke with was impressed by the way Sonder moseyed into action, NPR reported. Stepping between the combatants “changed the context … changed the dynamic [and] he deescalated the incident,” Steve Kardian told the cable news network.